Sōbetsu Weather in March
Sōbetsu in March
The short of it: Sōbetsu in March averages a high of 3 °C (38 °F) and a low of -3 °C (27 °F), with 69 mm (2.7 in) of rain and about 11 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 3° · low -3° · rain 69 mm · daylight 11 h 48 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
March in Sōbetsu brings afternoons near 3° and nights around -3°, with about 69 mm of rain over the month. Much like February: highs about 3°, nights near -3°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the driest month of the year, only 69 mm of rain. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 48 min in mid-March, 79 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Sōbetsu runs about middling and drier than most in March. Tōyako-onsemmachi, 6 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
March in Sōbetsu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tōyako-onsemmachiHokkaido | 6 km WNW | 3° | -3° | 71 mm |
| DateHokkaido | 10 km S | 4° | -2° | 64 mm |
| ToyouraHokkaido | 15 km W | 3° | -4° | 74 mm |
| RusutsuHokkaido | 20 km N | 2° | -6° | 82 mm |
| RebunHokkaido | 23 km W | 4° | -3° | 68 mm |
| MakkariHokkaido | 23 km NNW | 2° | -6° | 83 mm |
| KimobetsuHokkaido | 26 km N | 2° | -6° | 82 mm |
| NoboribetsuHokkaido | 27 km ESE | 4° | -2° | 59 mm |